Sam Raimi. Sam Raimi. AKA Samuel Marshal Raimi. Born: 2. 3- Oct- 1. Birthplace: Franklin, MIGender: Male. The remake of Sam Raimi's Evil Dead. Aficionados of Sam Raimi’s 1981 cabin-in-the-woods freakout may find. Sam Raimi: Movie: 1981: The Evil Dead: Sam Raimi: Movie: 1989: Easy Wheels: David O'Malley: Movie: The Dead Next.
When Bruce Campbell made 'The Evil Dead' in 1981. Sam Raimi’s Evil Dead rise again on television. Religion: Jewish. Race or Ethnicity: White. Sexual orientation: Straight. Occupation: Film Director, Actor. Nationality: United States. Executive summary: Spider- Man. Sam Raimi is a self- taught film director, best known for the big- budget Spider- Man movies, and the more handcrafted Evil Dead films. It was Sander who first showed him a copy of Spider- Man, the older boy's favorite comic book, and soon it was Sam Raimi's favorite too. Sander was an accomplished amateur magician, and Sam still remembers his performances at birthday parties. When Sam was 9, his brother drowned in a swimming accident. He started making movies, and at 1. Bell and Howell Filmosonic Super 8 camera, with sound. Raimi first met Bruce Campbell in junior high school, and later took a drama class with Campbell in high school. Campbell had a movie camera, too. The boys critiqued each other's films, and quickly became friends. With their help, Raimi made his first borderline professional film, The Happy Valley Kid, the story of a college freshman who snaps under pressure, and goes on a maniacal shooting spree. It played on campus for fourteen weekends - - and ticket sales earned back its costs and actually turned a profit. They pooled their resources, dubbed themselves Renaissance Pictures, got a loan from Campbell's father, and put almost four years effort into a gross- out horror flick called The Book of the Dead. They rented a theater in Detroit and screened the film on 1. October 1. 98. 1, and the audience loved it. A distributor made a lowball offer, but thought the title was dull, so Raimi retitled it The Evil Dead. With that much money to work with, Evil Dead 2 was more professional than the original. It was a moderate success, enabling Raimi to write and direct Darkman with a bigger budget, and then a third and final Evil Dead, the over- the- top Army of Darkness. Sharon Stone, of all people, was a fan of Army of Darkness, and fixed it so Raimi was hired for Stone's western, The Quick and the Dead. It played in theaters for six months, was nominated for two Oscars, and established Raimi as a filmmaker whose work could connect with a mainstream audience. He was hired for Kevin Costner's last and least baseball movie, For the Love of the Game, but Raimi found working with Costner frustrating. The movie was disappointing, but Raimi had learned an important lesson: never again would he take an assignment without having a say in the casting. For the lead, Raimi decided against Freddie Prinze, Jr., Jude Law, Chris O'Donnell, Heath Ledger, and even James Franco before deciding that Tobey Maguire would be Peter Parker, the average or perhaps under- average high school kid who wears the Spider- costume. But the movies are also laden with comic- book references, hidden like buried treasures for people who live, sleep, eat and breathe the Marvel originals - - as Raimi did, as a child. Some have suggested that he makes these Spider- Man films not just for the millions who buy the tickets and rent the videos, but also for the first Spider- Man fan he knew, the brother he lost as a boy. Mostly under the tutelage of longtime Raimi friend Rob Tappert, the company made the syndicated TV show Hercules, and an even more popular spin- off, Xena: Warrior Princess. Tappert eventually married the lead, Lucy Lawless. Besides Campbell and Tappert, recurring names in the credits include John Cameron, Scott Spiegel, Joseph Lo. Duca, former next- door- neighbor Josh Becker, and Sam's brothers Ivan and Ted Raimi. Cameron, for example, was first assistant director on The Quick and the Dead, and producer on Bad Santa. Lo. Duca wrote the music for Evil Dead, and years later for Xena and Hercules. Becker has directed independent films like Lunatics: A Love Story and Alien Apocalypse - - and Renaissance Pictures provides the financing. Ted Raimi is now a familiar character actor, best known as the comical Joxer in Xena, but also in mainstream flicks like Patriot Games and Clear and Present Danger. When Raimi was 1. Oldsmobile Delta Royale. The vehicle has since passed into young Raimi's hands, beloved as . It was Ash's car in the original Evil Dead, it was parked outside a feed store in A Simple Plan, it was Uncle Ben's ride in the first Spider- Man, and it has appeared in every Raimi film except The Quick and the Dead (though speculation runs that the car was disguised as a wagon). Brother: Ivan Raimi (doctor, writer)Sister: Andrea Raimi (lawyer)Brother: Ted Raimi (actor, b. Dec- 1. 96. 5)Wife: Gillian Raimi (m. High School: Wylie E. Groves High School, Beverly Hills, MI (1. University: Michigan State University (dropped out) Bush- Cheney '0. FILMOGRAPHY AS DIRECTOROz the Great and Powerful (1. Feb- 2. 01. 3)Drag Me to Hell (1. Mar- 2. 00. 9)Spider- Man 3 (1. Apr- 2. 00. 7)Spider- Man 2 (3. Jun- 2. 00. 4)Spider- Man (3- May- 2. The Gift (2. 0- Dec- 2. For Love of the Game (1. Sep- 1. 99. 9)A Simple Plan (1. Sep- 1. 99. 8)The Quick and the Dead (1. Feb- 1. 99. 5)Army of Darkness (1. Feb- 1. 99. 3)Darkman (2. Aug- 1. 99. 0)Evil Dead II (1. Mar- 1. 98. 7)Crimewave (1. Sep- 1. 98. 5)The Evil Dead (1. Oct- 1. 98. 1). FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTORThe Shining (2. Apr- 1. 99. 7)Galaxis (2. Jun- 1. 99. 5)The Flintstones (2.
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